Microsoft May Turn to Windows Phone 7 for its Tablet Operating System

PC World posted a news story that Steve Ballmer has given increasing evidence that Windows Phone 7, not Windows, will be the operating system that Microsoft will eventually use in order to compete against the iPad and Android tablets.

Microsoft has long maintained that Windows is its operating system of choice for tablets. But there's increasing evidence that Windows Phone 7, not Windows, will be the operating system that Microsoft ultimately turns to in order to compete against the iPad and Android tablets.